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APM South Wales and West of England Network Conference 2024

24 October 2024 | Future Inns, Bristol
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Beautiful Projects Past, Present and Future

PA Consulting logoJoin the South Wales and West of England Network at our annual conference where we’ll look at what success means. Can a project be successful and beautiful? We will find out using past, present, and future real life case studies.

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If you have an accessibility requirement that prevents you from attending the APM PMO Conference in person please contact us to find out about alternative ticket options.

Employment support
If you are a project professional who is currently unemployed and looking to get back in to work, we recognise the opportunity that the conference offers to network with potential new employers and would love to help out with the price of your ticket.

If this initiative could help you and you are a project professional not currently in employment please email us by 1 August with some evidence of your situation to be considered for a ticket.

We will review applications and notify those who have been awarded a ticket via email. Please note that this initiative is not intended for those that are students or retired and the number of available tickets is strictly limited.

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Date: 24 October 2024

Time: 09:00-17:00

Venue: Future Inns, Bristol

Early-bird member: £92.00

Early-bird non-member: £136.00

Early-bird Corporate Partner/Affiliate employee: £100.00

Student member: £30.00

Early-bird prices available until 26 July 2024

Prices exclude VAT

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Group booking discounts (applied automatically during booking).

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Conference theme

We hear a lot about projects that fail, normally in quite a spectacular way, but what about those unsung heroes of successful projects? Join us whilst we hop on board a plane to Colombia to look at new and novel practices that supported the successful delivery of a naval and maritime R&D project. Take a step into the world of defence where we discuss how to avoid the mistakes of the past and see what projects of the future look like. Get involved with our discussion panel where we delve into the changes that we are facing around hybrid working and demonstrating delivery of Social Value.

Most importantly, learn, knowledge share and network as we discuss how you as a project professional can help shape and deliver the Beautiful Projects of tomorrow.

Conference programme (subject to change)

🕐 09:00-09:30

Registration

 🕐 09:30-09:45

Opening remarks

Peter Wakeling, SWWE Corporate Advisory Group Member

🕐 09:45-10:15

Welcome and APM update

Professor Adam Boddison OBE - Chief Executive Officer, APM

 🕐 10:15-10:45

Avoid repeating failures and increase confidence in new projects

David Whitmore, CEO Advisor, MIGSO-PCUBED

 🕐 10:45-11:15 

Break

  🕐 11:15-11:45

New Colombian Offshore Patrol Vessel Programme

Dr Luis Serrano-Tamayo, Lecturer, Cardiff Metropolitan University

  🕐 11:45-12:15

Dragonfire

Mike Pointer, Senior Programme Manager, Qinetiq

  🕐 12:15-13:15

Lunch

🕐 13:15-13:45

Social value

Julian Wotton (Arcadis, Arup, Mott McDonald)

🕐 13:45-14:15

Auditory Verbal UK (AVUK) - Social value

AtkinsRéalis

🕐 14:15-14:45 

Discussion panel on hybrid working

Weston College Apprentices

 🕐 14:45-15:15

Break

 🕐 15:15-15:45

Closing keynote speech

Andy Solman, Head of Project Delivery in Defence Aquisition and Project Delivery, MoD

 🕐 15:45-16:15

Closing remarks

Claire Mills, SWWE Corporate Advisory Group Member

 🕐 16:15

Conference close

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Exhibitor

MIGSO-PCUBED

MIGSO-PCUBED is the world’s leading consultancy dedicated to project, programme, portfolio and change management. We have become the trusted delivery partner of the most recognisable brands in Aeronautics, Defense, Automotive, Transport, Financial Services, and Energy as well as Government organisations, helping them convert their big ideas into reality.

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APM South Wales and West of England Network

The Network offers a wide range of events including an annual dinner, a one-day conference, evening events and site visits. We encourage networking between members at all events.

We recognise the different needs of our members who are new to the profession and offer introductory as well as advanced level events.

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